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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1884

Page

3

Surplus Earnings and Expenses Reported for 1883

The article surveys railway earnings and costs for 1883 and 1882, noting a large December expense rise driven by rails, track work, and taxes, with Colorado lines contributing much. It criticizes December earnings decline, cites stock moves and reorganizations, and reports on various rail and stock movements including Union Pacific, Mexican Central, New York and New England, and related bond plans.

Dividends Declared by Sinois Central and Jocuista Mining

Sinois Central railroad declares 4 percent semi annual and 2 percent extra dividends. Jocuista Mining declares 25 of 50,000 par value 500 per share payable May 26. Orders in stocks and bonds executed at Boston and New York stock boards by Nicholson Hill & Co. Private wire to major cities. Daily quotations available at No 40 Water Street.

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Bullish New York markets drive stocks higher on Feb 16

Money on call eased, mercantile paper steady, and foreign exchange firm. Bulls pushed Western Union Union Pacific Louisville & Nashville and Lackawanna higher with Western Union reaching 78 1 2. Pullman Palace tumbled briefly before rebounding near 109. Total volume 373 600 shares amid mixed afternoon activity as rail stocks faced liquidity and potential squeezes.

New York Prime Mercantile Western Union Union Pacific Louisville & Nashville Lackawana Shorts Baltimore & Ohio Pullman Palace Pullman Palace Car Company Undertone Lawson, Douglas & Co Oregon Navigation Warling, Denslow & Co

Trade and LTS Outlook and Grain Market Summary

First call at 12 M reports 21 cars sold with February delivery of 9 cars at 46lyc May delivery 12 cars at 4614c Second call at 1 P M shows 3 cars May delivery at 4614c all No 2 white cats Seller cash. Grain inspection today shows 92 cars with corn No 2 mixed sail 41 cars. Receipts today include corn 61,100 bus wheat 2,000 oats 24,626 shorts 2,300 oatmeal sacks. Flour received today 3,860 bbls and 5,512 sacks. Butter cheese eggs price movements noted with regional receipts in New York Boston Chicago. Provisions and pork futures listed with February to May price shifts. Live hogs in Union Stockyards estimated receipts 7,000. weekly totals show large movements. Petroleum certificates traded around 1.02 to 1.04 with active trade and firm prices.

United States Liverpool New York Mercantile Exchange New York Boston Chicago Ami Orleans Lle Minnesota City India Continent South America Pennsylvania Yaboaudyge Ted Winter Barney Milwaukee

Grain and flour markets show steady tones with wide prices

The market report notes firmer grain and flour values, with Western superfine flour at 325 per barrel and various patents and millfeeds priced across Minnesota and Illinois. Corn and oats remain steady to firm with light demand, butter and eggs show mixed movement, and pork, lard, and dressed hogs stay firm amid active demand.

Shipping and Mercantile Totals Across Caribbean and Atlantic Ports

A detailed list records numerous cargoes and consignments by ships and firms including E A Snow, Burt Bridgham, Burdett & Williams, and Merchants Despatch Transportation. Items cover leather, dye, paper, tin plates, ore, sugar, coffee, and oils, with destinations and vessels such as Matanzas, Surinam, Fort Fortune Bay, Petit Goave, Port Prince, Minatullan, Demerara, Saint Marc, and Port Plata.

Dreyfus & Co Lord Burt, Bridgham & Snow Burdett & Williams Jones & Co Congden & Wilber Martin & Co Rogers & Co Atram French & Co Weollens Macallar, Parker Matanzas Walker Armington Sigar Nash, Spaulding & Co Surinam Sadie Wilcutt Thos E Bixby & Co Fortune Bay Mary Fernald Petit Goave Mary E Pennell As& W G Lewis Port AU Prince Flora Wilde & Bro Minatillan Wyer G Sargent Geo D Emery Port Plata Lida Fowler Holt & Bugbee Thebaud Demerara Lewis Ehrman Cushman & Co ST Marc Lizzie May

Foreign Exports and Goods Listed by Regions and Ships

Honolulu Halifax and Liverpool commodities totaled across exports and cargoes. Items include tobacco hardware rope enamelled in cases, lumber, paper goods, oils, metals, meats, and farm produce. Notable vessels include Steamer Carroll and Steamer Virginian with mixed cargoes and quantities.

Receipts of Stapiec Products and Railroad Totals Feb 16

Receipts from multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Eastern Fitchburg Lowell Maine and Peabody lines list bales wool cotton flour corn oats malt millfeed tallow tea butter cheese eggs beans potatoes lumber leather and hides with counts, sacks, and cases. Also notes By Peabody and Salem Expresses and By Sea commodities received.

Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Eastern Railroad Fitchburg Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Peabody and Salem

Total Receipts of Staple Products February 16

Readable port receipts list for February 16 compare 1883 and 1884 across staples. Includes cotton, butter, wool, cheese, flour, eggs, oats, beans, corn, apples, potatoes, wheat, hay, barley, malt, lumber, leather, tallow, lard, hams, hides, tea, coffee, skins, sugar, molasses, pelts, and sacks of flour redacted to barrels for 1883 column.

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and rice price outlines

Cotton markets report by telegraph shows arrivals and net receipts across Savannah Wilmington Norfolk Charleston and other ports with coastwise totals and stocks on hand. Prices steady to dull with mid ranges noted and various city market summaries alongside New York and Chicago furniture.

Savannah Wilmington Augusta Pat Adelphia Charleston Great Britain Les Mobile York Csc Hales. O SOE Ion Suas Encuessse Cot Acowaswamies Amamphis Cccce Cceace Ccnsee Saar West Vincinnati Ouis United States

Grain and livestock markets across Chicago and midwestern hubs

Chicago hogs and cattle trade shows strong to active demand with high pork and beef prices. Receipts and shipments tallied for flour wheat and barley. St Louis and Toledo reports note steady to higher grain values with mixed cereal futures. Detroit markets reflect dull wheat and varied bid levels across wheat grades.

Cotton and commodities report from Liverpool and Havana

Liverpool quotes show cotton steady with distinct bid ranges and exports. futures in narrow ranges as March and April positions shift. Wheat cargoes light at London and Liverpool flour and corn prices posted. receipts and provisions listed. Havana sugar market active late, prices low but holders selling, stock levels and weekly trade figures detailed with freight and exchange data.

Havana Havaha Matanzas United States

Railway Matters and Annual Report of Chicago and Alton

The twenty first annual report of the Chicago and Alton railroad for 1883 shows track length 1088 miles and stock at 14 931 872 with 12 506 400 common and 2 425 400 preferred. Gross earnings were 3 810 610 with passengers 2 270 379 freight 6 197 680 and other revenue. Net earnings rose 201 038 though expenses increased to 4 579 958. The balance on Dec 30 1883 stood at 1 926 704. the system owns 228 locomotives 115 passenger cars and 6544 freight cars. Five thousand six hundred seven tons of steel rails and 339 441 ties laid during the year. The report notes taxes cases and hearings on various rail matters including New York and New England taxes and a Franklin and Somerset railroad hearing. Additional items cover St Louis and San Francisco surplus shares, Hunter Sampses Wells judgment in Mexico, Boston Hoosac Tunnel and Western earnings, Rutland suit against ex President Page, Pittsburgh and Buffalo railroad formation, 147 miles built in 1884, and Illinois Central land sales with March 12 annual meeting.

United States New York Boston Philadelphia Inc Chicago St. Louis Baltimore San Francisco New Orleans Pittsburg Cincinnati Milwaukee Louisville Kansas City Providence Cleveland Hartford Indianapolis New Haven Memphis Springfield Pookih Sises Lowell Portland Syracuse N.Y Worcester Bradstreet’s Canada Milwakee Peoria Atchison Company Atchison Courier Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Union Pacific Railway Company Cosocene Colorado Friends of the Road Brookline Chronicle Western Railroad Flint Pere Marquette Common Wisconsin Central Common Chippewa Falls St. Paul Northern Pacific Duluth Ashland Toledo Mexican Central Louisiana Missouri River Burlington Cedar Rapids Northern Minneapolis New England Shipman Jonas H. French New York and Connorton Valley Oregon Denver Sonora American Bell Telephone American Electric and Illuminating Company Chicago and Alton Chicago and Alton Railroad Mississippi River Bridge Company Galveston News Lareno Hunter Sampses & Wells International and Great Northern Niles Mexico Custom House Rutland Railroad Company John B. Page Page State Department of Pennsylvania Buffalo Rochester Brandy Camp Concord and Northern N. H

Old Gondola Debates Return in Local Council Tale

The Herald reprints an aged Boston council story about importing 25 gondolas for the public garden. A proposed amendment would limit to two gondolas a male and a female, trusting nature to natural increase, with verbatim speeches by Mr. O Day and Mr. O Sh ay.

Herald City Exchange Boston Common Council North End Palmer O’day O’shay Herald Office Amis New York Central Park

Bankrupt notices and insolvency filings across Boston and Ontario

Henry E Marcy & Co and Wade H Jewett & Co face bankruptcy actions with creditors in Boston. Insolvency filings include J B Farrar & Co and William H Whitmore. Creditors from Water town Lumber Co and various Ontario firms show widespread failures. Other notices cover mortgages, assignments, and settlements in New Hampshire Maine New York and beyond.

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